The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
Tho next rehearsal for the musical convcn.
ion Ia at Crnahx hall next Thursday.

Tho next rehearsal for the musical CONVEX
ton is at Crosby hall next Thursday.
INC Clissbee, who has been IN the emplc
o'IK Allen, for a couple Of years back, go'
into Jacobs grocery store Monday.
"A telegram Wednesday night stated tb,
Mason Lamb Is critically III at Concord, N
lie died soon after, that evening.
Miss NJ Il Doolittle moves her millinor
rooms to the former quaoters occupied by L
Clark, over Pratt & Wrights clothing store,
DIR Gale has heard nothing yet from tt
morphine or quinine pill which he procure
from Mrs Campbell and sent to Boston for al
alysis last week.
Miss Cynthia E CLARK, sister Of the preser
Mrs Wilder Harris. died Saturday night Of neu
ralgia OF the sciatic nerve. She was burie
from the Methodist church on Monday, Re
Mr. McAnn fliciating.
The propnsed creamery II is properl,
managed will DO a big thing for our farmer
adding to the marketability OF their butter ant
their ease Of living to an extent that canno
| DO realized until 1t Is tried. There Is also
probability ola poIk-packing establishment II
BrattieborO Ia the near future.
-Ex- Secretary A NJ Ingham OF the Y M
| A, left Tuesday afternoon for Charlotte, c
| where be hopes for improvement In health
| while filling a similar position there. Onto {
| party accompanied him to tho depot, to speed
| him with their we'll wishes. During Mr. Ing.
hams service IS general secretary mere, the as
| sociation has grown to great strength and use
| fulness, and has become one Of the moral fxt.
ures OF Brattleboro.
Sunday morning about one or two O'Clock,
Officer Coolidge found "Pete" Austin in Ray 9
livery stable, intoxicated and disturbing the
peace and quiet of the carly Sabbath bv vocif-
erous demands for team. In his pockets he
had two bottles Of whiskey ard he and the
spirits were captured BY Officer Coolidge. Aus
morning before " S Newton be wa. fined $5
ami costs, amounting t. $40 81. He disclosed
on Amibc Pigeon OF Vernon. 1t cost Pigeon
$l5 to settle up the matter.
The school meeting Tuesday evening had
an attendance of not over SO citizens and pass.
ed eff quietly listening to the reports OF Treas
Urer DUwley and CT tho prudential committee,
voting tax Of 40 cents on the dollar and elect
ing the old officers throughout s 3 W hlmoali
clerk; Prof II ID Hoton, Rev w Fl Collins and
Lawyer E W StoddaId, prudential Committee;
II E Taylor, collector Of taxes; Geo D"wleg, ,
treasurer; g 8 kirwan, auditor. Elk Speaker
L Martin was the moderator, and hustled off
the business with that facility and promptness
which made him famous in TIE legislature, and
which was IN agreeable change from the way
most o our public meetings have been con.
ducted.
"A Euliou lACStDS WoS HCiu ~ INC CuiECA-
salist church Wednesday evening, to act on the
resignation OF the pastor, Rev w Whitney
Dea EstabroOks moved the acceptance Of the
resignation, regretting its necessity, but believ
ing 1t TO be for the grea test good. The motion
was carried and Mr. Whitney's resignation
takes cfftc. Apr IL. Resolutions expressing
the society's regret and the community's loss at
bis departure, recounting the important work
be has done in building up the society, and
promoting the moral healt Of the conn unity,
and censenting to his loss only because
of the great necessity and the Importance
OF the work he is called to perform at
Cincinnati were offered and adopted unanimous
ly. Remarks voicing the general sorrow at the
loss of Mr. and Mrs Whitnev from lOcaf activi-
ties tor good, were also made bv Messrs Ksv-
van, Harris, Taylor, Perry, EstabrOok and
Alexander,
"A meeting OF the executive committee Of
the Braitleboro music festival, was held Tues
day evening, when it was decided to engage the
following artists for the festival: Mrs Aline
Osgood Dexter, soprano; Mrs Hester OF Bos-
ton, alto; Mr. Chas Il Adams OF Boston, tenor;
MIR Benson of Boston, bass; also to be assisted
at all concerts and matnees by the Lotus Gee
club OF Boston. The festival will commence on
Tuesday evening, May "a, with rehearsal
under the direction Of the conductor, Mr. B
Whitney of Boston, TO be followed by rehear.
sails on Wednesday morning, afternoon and
GNculUK, dJu dloO 4huiouoy iboAuluSB ohu
again on Friday morning. There will be mat
inees on each OF the afternoons of Thursday
and Friday, with concerts in the evenings OF
those days. The programs OF the matinees will
be made up OF selections by the Soloists and
Lotus club; on Thursday evening the chorus
will give several selections and will DO assisted
in the program by the artists. On Friday
evening will be given the Stabat Mater by the
full chorus and soloists, for part Of the pro-
gram the other part being made up by selec
lions by the artists. An invitation has been eX
tended to each OF our orcheSras to unite in fur
nishing the orchestral music for the festival.
OF course we don't object to free and full
discussion OF any subject, but when the PbG-
nix publishes what are alleged to be communi-
cations from the farmers OF adjoining towns
against Brattleboro merchants, and Brattle-
boro as a trading center, it ought at least in
justice to our town and the people supporting it
TO answer the erroneous statements and explain
the Misrepresentation. With the corrections and
explanations 1t would be easy to make, the
publication OF these alleged letters would do
good in showing the real facts, while the course
that the Phoenix has thus far pursued only
hurts Bratteboro unjustly. We will not charge
that these letters we're concocted in The Pteaix
office, for we can sonceiye of no motive for such
work; still we do not SEQ how any farmer can
have made statements SO Wide f0f 1fthe factssls 4
these are. Tbe assertion that st Louis flour
which costs $5 30 in Brattleboro, has been ,
bought in 10 barrel lots at Greenfield for $500
is fair sample. The fact is that the Brattle-
boro flour referred to is the st Louis roller pro-
cess, winter wheat patent, which sells elsewhere
fof s. 70 and in some places for even SO. Tha
Greenfield flour may have been one OF
The multitudinous brands Of "St Louis
straight" which commands about 81 a
barrel by the carload, and which any OF our
dealers would sell for 81 IS barrel in 10 bar
rel lots any day. 1t may also have been an
Indiana flour, with enough Michigan wheat to
give it its color, which won't make as may
loaves OF bread within 40 as the $3.50 -four /;
which has been handled in Brattleboro and
dropped because it didn't give satisfaction, and
which ought TO retaiftoday by the single bar
rel for $3.50 to $4.6O. The grades Of -four have
changed very much of late yeare, so that the
term "St Louis flour" has no such reference to
quality as 1t once had. The PtGnx ought to
have known this II its contributor did not and
to have explained this fact instead of sending
auch misrepresentation broadcast, unanswered
The truth is, as we learn from careful inquiry
OF wholesalers, that Athol, Keene, snd Bratle-
boro have for 20 years had the reputation of
selling -four lower than any other places in New
England. The Brattleboro profit is never more
than % to 80 cents barrel, and quite dis
count is made from even this, when several
barrels are taken. Similarly foolish is the
that meal sells at 10 cents hundred
more in Brattleboro than In other places. The |
only truth in it rests on misunderstanding.
That Is, meal from No kiln dried corn, may
be sometimes sold for 10 cents less in other |
places than meal from No corn Is sold in |
Brattleboro. Or when the marget is changing |
it may happen that meal costs 10. cents |
more here than three months before |
or afterwards somewhere else. But |
for the same grades at the same |
times Brattloboro prices are five cents less |
han at competing points. The quotations be- |
tween Greenfield and Brattleboro last Saturday |
illustrate this. When meal brought $l.l0 at
Sl.l5 at Greenfield, wheat bran